Listen to the trailer for Breaking Down Mental Health, the newest podcast from the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. Breaking Down Mental Health is a podcast for health care providers that bridges the gap between medicine and psychiatry. It focuses on equipping medical professionals with clinical guidance about various mental health topics from the very basic to the more complex, to better prepare all providers to answer the call to action during this mental health crisis within our pediatric population.

Follow the show now and look for new episodes in the feed beginning January 2023.

Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Featured guest: Victor Hong, M.D., Department of Psychiatry

This episode will provide an overview of the mental health system in Michigan and the US. The current mental health crisis will also be explored, including strategies health professionals can use for those with mental illness experiencing a psychiatric crisis.

Objectives:

• Describe the current mental health crisis (in Michigan and the US)
• Apply knowledge of the mental health system to patient care
• Define what different levels of mental health care are

Resources: 

• Practicing child and adolescent psychiatrists by state (AACAP) 
• Beyond a bigger workforce: Addressing the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists (Nationwide)  
• Nurse practitioner scope of practice by state (Georgetown)
• NP state practice environment map (AANP)   
• A closer look: Inpatient psychiatric beds for kids and teens in Michigan lacking (Fox 47 News)
• Navigating a mental health crisis (NAMI) 

Credits available: 0.50

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=73170.

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Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Featured guest: Matt Zugel, Patient Rights Officer, U-M Health.

Objectives:

• Define what is the metal health code and recipient rights
• Understand the application of the mental health code to psychiatric and medical settings
• Communicate strategies to support psychiatric patients in medical settings

Resources: 

• Michigan Legislature Mental Health Code - Act 258 of 1974 
• Mental Health Code Excerpt - Rights of Recipients of mental health services (michigan.gov)

Credits available: 0.50

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEvent&eventId=73171.

To claim social work CEUs, visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73uW5rECA65wEVU.

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Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featured guest: Victor Hong, M.D., Department of Psychiatry

This episode will center on the distinction of mental health care for adults vs. children. An overview of admissions and legal process for adults and children will be discussed, along with an explanation of how guardianship is utilized in the mental health system.

Objectives:

• Describe the commitment process for adults
• Differentiate between admission for a child vs. adult
• Explain how guardianship applies in mental health settings

Resources:

• What types of mental health services are available? (Michigan.gov)
• Adult involuntary forms
• Petition for mental health treatment 
• Clinical certificate
• Protected personal identifying information 
• Pediatric admission resources
• Having a child in emergency inpatient treatment (Child Mind Institute) 
• What to expect during an inpatient stay (NAMI)

Credits available: 0.50

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEvent&style=1&eventID=73282.

To claim social work CEUs, visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73uW5rECA65wEVU.

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Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Featured guest: Jessica Pierce, M.D., Department of Psychiatry

Objectives:

• Describe the difference between active and passive suicidal ideation
• Identify strategies to respond to someone who is reporting suicidal ideation in a medical setting
• Explain causes and triggers for suicidal ideation

Resources:

• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• NAMI Washtenaw County
• University of Michigan Depression Center
• University of Michigan Depression Center Toolkit
• COVID-19 Mental Health Toolkit - Provider Resources

Credits available: 0.50

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEvent&style=1&eventID=73285.

To claim social work CEUs, visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73uW5rECA65wEVU.

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Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featured guest: Jessica Pierce, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Syma Khan, MSW

Objectives:

• Define important aspects of a safety plan
• Describe lethal means restrictions

Resources:

• Stanley-Brown safety plan
• Safety planning guide: A quick guide for clinicians (SPRC)
• SAFE-T: Suicide assessment five-step evaluation and triage (SAMHSA)
• My3 App
• What to do if you think a person is having suicidal thoughts (988 Lifeline)
• Suicide and crisis lifeline (988 Lifeline)

Credits available: 1.0

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEvent&style=1&eventID=73286.

To claim social work CEUs, visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73uW5rECA65wEVU.

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Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Featured guests: Thomas Zimmer, M.D., and Lynetta Smith, Associate Director of Security at Michigan Medicine

Objectives:

• Define a threat assessment
• Identify who should be involved in a threat assessment
• Apply skills to discussing safety with the pediatric population

Resources:

• The concept of leakage in threat assessment (Behavioral Sciences and the Law)
• Enhancing school safety using a threat assessment model (U.S. Dept of Homeland Security)
• Protecting America’s Schools (U.S. Secret Service)
• The need to see and respond: The role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist in school threat assessment (Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) 

Credits available: 0.75

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEvent&style=1&eventID=73287.

To claim social work CEUs, visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73uW5rECA65wEVU.

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Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Featured guest: Kris Kullgren, Ph.D., Division of Pediatric Psychology 

Objectives:

• Define what is trauma informed care
• Apply principals of trauma informed care in medical and emergency department settings
• Utilize understanding of medical trauma to improve patient care

Resources:

• What is trauma informed care? (Center for Health Care Strategies) 
• Key ingredients for successful trauma-informed care implementation (SAMHSA)

Credits available: 0.50

Visit our website for more information about this episode and the Breaking Down Mental Health podcast series.

For CME credit details, including educational planning, financial relationship disclosures, and credit claiming instructions, visit https://ww2.highmarksce.com/micme/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEvent&style=1&eventID=73288.

To claim social work CEUs, visit https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73uW5rECA65wEVU.

View episode transcript

Breaking Down Mental Health is a part of the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network. You can subscribe to Breaking Down Mental Health podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.